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The Big Chair The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager

Ned Colletti

“An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than

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It was described as 20% memoir and mostly focused on the Dodgers, the job of a GM, and the daily challenges faced. It was mentioned that it's not a tell-all book, but rather a look at how the mind works.

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The smooth hops and bad bounces from inside the world of the acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers

— Episode: #ICYMI - Baseball: Brain Training

Episode: #ICYMI - Baseball: Brain Training

It was described as 20% memoir and mostly focused on the Dodgers, the job of a GM, and the daily challenges faced. It was mentioned that it's not a tell-all book, but rather a look at how the mind works.

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The smooth hops and bad bounces from inside the world of the acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers

It's really about 20% memoir I had a kind of an interesting childhood growing up I lived in a garage until I was 5

It's not a revenge book or a kiss and tell book It's not a career like that It's just really how your mind works on a daily basis And the different challenges you have on the way

Episode: #ICYMI - Baseball: Brain Training

It was described as being 20% memoir and included stories about his interesting childhood, some of the people he met along the way and insights into how a GM's mind works on a daily basis. It was not a kiss and tell or a revenge book.

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It's really it's about 20 percent memoir. I had a kind of an interesting childhood growing up.

And it's not a revenge book or a kiss and tell book. There's nothing in there like that.

It is just really how your mind works on a daily basis.

Episode: #ICYMI - Baseball: Brain Training

It was described as a memoir with motivational elements, detailing Ned Colletti's career as a GM for the LA Dodgers, and included anecdotes about people he met like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Lasorda.

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Let's do two things real quick Something people should want is the Big Chair The Big Chair Which of course is Ned Coletti's new book The smooth hops and bad bounces from inside the world of the acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers

It's really about 20% memoir I had a kind of an interesting childhood growing up I lived in a garage until I was 5 First in my family to go to school to go to college My walk was not a typical walk perhaps So it's a little bit of an encouragement a little bit of a motivational story at the outset But it really gets into a little bit of the people you meet along the way

I was honored to be in the presence of Frank Sinatra a few times and I'll find it a little bit interesting as time goes on People know obviously who Frank Sinatra was but they'll hear a story or two in how it relates to baseball Frank and Tommy Lasorda were obviously tremendous friends a long, long time Hall of Fame manager

And then the rest of it is really the job and what you go through It's not a revenge book or a kiss and tell book It's not a career like that It's just really how your mind works on a daily basis And the different challenges you have on the way

If what Ned has told you has whetted your appetite I'm going to go find this book Please, by all means In October it's out there on the shelves Go grab it before it disappears completely

Episode: #ICYMI - Baseball: Brain Training

It was described as 20% memoir and partly about his experiences and challenges in Major League Baseball, including working with players and developing their minds.

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It's really it's about 20 percent memoir. I had a kind of an interesting childhood growing up.

It is just really how your mind works on a daily basis.

And then the rest of it is really the job and what you go through. And it's not a revenge book or a kiss and tell book. There's nothing in there like that.

In October it's out there on the shelves. Go grab it before it disappears completely.

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